Nicole and I went ringing at Sabkhat Al Fasl 16
October and although we caught a few birds the numbers were well down on the
previous weekend. The weather was extremely humid, so maybe this affected the
bird numbers? We caught the typical wetland birds we normally catch with plenty
of Indian (Clamorous) Reed Warblers and Common Kingfishers. We also caught several
Great Reed Warblers, a juvenile Caspian (European) Reed Warbler, several
Graceful Prinias and Barn Swallows. Two Little Bitterns were trapped along with
a Turkestan Shrike and the first Bluethroat of the autumn, an immature female
bird. It was quite hard work ringing in the high humidity but we ended up with
28 birds trapped and ringed in total so not too bad. Numbers decreased markedly
around 09:00 hrs so we ended up getting home earlier than normal to cool off.
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| Indian Reed Warbler |
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| Great Reed Warbler |
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| Great Reed Warbler |
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| Caspian (European) Reed Warbler |
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| Common Kingfisher - female |
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| Common Kingfisher - male |
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| Little Bittern |